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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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